The following are the winners of the 2018 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. Congratulations to all the deserving winning groups and individuals!

A note from the 2018 CARAs team: It was particularly challenging this year to find consensus with such a high number of nominations of such high quality. The team wants you to know that the below results represent the subjective opinion of a cross section of the community, and all nominees should be extremely proud of their work from 2017. We truly are honored to be a part of such an amazing community that produces such fine work.

Special Awards

Best Debut Album

Winner:Beyond The Archetype, Gestalt (University of Florida)

Runner-up:Lark, Lark (University of Colorado Denver)

Genre Awards

Best Barbershop Album

Winner:Shootin' High, ClassRing

Runner-up:Accentuate The Positive, Double Date

Best Barbershop Song

Winner: "Didn't We" from Accentuate The Positive, Double Date

Runner-up: "God Help the Outcasts/Someday Medley" from Shootin' High, ClassRing

Best Classical / Traditional Album

Winner:Mes très cher frères, Zero8

Runner-up:tenebrae, amarcord

Best Classical / Traditional Song

Winner: "Io Son La Primavera" from When The Night Is New, Capital Hearings, The

Best Mixed Collegiate Song

Thank you again to all of the nominators, judges and committee members who put in hours of work to make sure all submissions were considered fairly and equally. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks everyone for another great awards season! And a huge thank you to Ricky Jabarin, Brooks Jordan and Shane Ardell who head up the program, as well as Alexander Koutzoukis and TeKay for lending their expertise as the veteran awards committee members during the last few years as we onboarded a whole new team. In addition, a big shout out to Kayla Pichichero who coordinates the live event, and to the entire Boston Sings production team and CASA board for their support and helping us make each year better than the last.

If you're interested in nominating, judging, or even joining the awards team, please let us know!

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